The co-creators of Caves of Qud, our favorite roguelike fever dream, worked as narrative consultants on Marathon—which mostly meant they 'got to sit there in the room and throw completely absurd ideas

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/the-co-creators-of-caves-of-qud-our-favorite-roguelike-fever-dream-worked-as-narrative-consultants-on-marathon-which-mostly-meant-they-got-to-sit-there-in-the-room-and-throw-completely-absurd-ideas-at-the-wall/

I knew something about that Tick Milk felt familiar.

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Duamerthrax@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 153d

All for the service of a Live Service Game seems like such a waste of effort.

edit: To anyone that takes issue with my cynicism, can I play the Destiny 1 and 2 campaign from start to finish today?

AstralPath@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 153d (1 reply)

The dialog and worldbuilding text in Caves of Qud is a masterpiece of writing. What a fantastic game.

TalkingFlower@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 150d

You read one of the few legible excerpts from** The Metal Body and Her Wet Rosy**:

"Your cold resist score is 100."